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On Swift Gardens, in Heysham & Overton
What it's like at LA3 2WL: every home that has sold on Swift Gardens since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Swift Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Swift GardensDetached | Nov 2018 | £174,000 | 70 m² | £2,486/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Swift GardensDetached | Jul 2003 | £112,000 | 139 m² | £806/m² | 1 |
| 3, Swift GardensDetached | Dec 2003 | £153,000 | 117 m² | £1,308/m² | 1 |
| 4, Swift GardensDetached | Feb 2018 | £165,000 | 85 m² | £1,941/m² | 2 |
| 5, Swift GardensDetached | Dec 2003 | £112,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Swift GardensDetached | Oct 2023 | £365,000 | 140 m² | £2,607/m² | 3 |
| 7, Swift GardensDetached | Dec 2003 | £127,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Swift GardensDetached | Sept 2003 | £111,000 | 124 m² | £895/m² | 1 |
| 9, Swift GardensDetached | Dec 2003 | £176,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Swift GardensDetached | Sept 2025 | £230,000 | 91 m² | £2,527/m² | 2 |
| 11, Swift GardensDetached | Dec 2014 | £232,500 | 147 m² | £1,582/m² | 3 |
| 12, Swift GardensDetached | Oct 2003 | £166,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Swift GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £89,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Swift GardensDetached | Dec 2017 | £163,000 | 83 m² | £1,964/m² | 2 |
| 16, Swift GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £125,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Swift GardensDetached | Nov 2003 | £172,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Swift GardensDetached | Jan 2025 | £315,000 | 118 m² | £2,669/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Heysham Port, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 13k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Lancaster.
The nearest bus stop is Redshank Drive, 150 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, 1A); 12 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 41% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bay Leadership Academy, 2.8 km away; Attainment 8: 36.8 · 4.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy (5.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (5.7 km) and Lancaster Royal Grammar School (6.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Food - Middleton Way, 650 m away; Trumacar Stores (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bay Medical Group (650 m), with Fhc75 the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Beauty by Caitlyn is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Lancaster Infirmary, 5.5 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 60% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 19 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Wesley Methodist Church Luncheon Club is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Old Hall Inn the nearest pub (800 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 79 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 68 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 27% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 128 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Douglas Park, 750 m away; for exercise, Heysham Mossgate Community & Sports Facilities (600 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Morecambe South, 3.8 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 78 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 86 km.
9 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency: Lizzi Collinge MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,815 (12.1%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
1 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near LA3 2WL →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 10 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.8% | 88.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 2.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.6% | 7.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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Nearest: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 34 min
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 17 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.